Message to the Congress Transmitting a Report on the Termination of Emergency Authority for Export Controls

July 12, 1985
To the Congress of the United States:

This report is submitted pursuant to Section 204 of the International Emergency Economic
Powers Act (50 U.S.C. 1703) and Section 401(c) of the National Emergencies Act (50 U.S.C.
1641(c)) to account for government expenditures attributable to the national economic emergency
that I declared following the lapse of the Export Administration Act of 1979, as amended (50
U.S.C. App. 2401 et seq.) (EAA), on March 30, 1984. On that date, I issued Executive Order
No. 12470 to continue in effect the system of controls that had been established under the EAA.
In view of the extension by Public Law 99 - 64 (July 12, 1985) of the authorities contained in the
EAA, this emergency authority is no longer needed. Accordingly, I have today issued Executive
Order No. 12525, a copy of which is attached, rescinding the declaration of an economic
emergency and revoking Executive Order No. 12470.

The export controls were not significantly expanded during the emergency period, and the
administration of the system of controls continued in the normal course. Accordingly, the
government spent no funds over and above what would have been spent had the EAA remained in
force without interruption.